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T. H. PBNNELL a; 0. IL. WOODWARD. RAILROAD GATE.

No. 564,983. Patented Aug. 4, 1896.

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T. H. PENNELL & 0. L. WOODWARD. RAILROAD GATE.

No. 564,983. Patented Aug. 4, 1896'.

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TIMOTHYII. FEN'NELL, OF EAST I'IARTFCRD, CONNECTICUT, AND CLARENCE L. \VOODWVARD, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

RAILROAD-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,983, dated August 4, 1896. Application filed November 4, 1895. Serial No. 567,785. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern: ing two or more grooves in its periphery, Beitknown that we, TIMOTHY H. FENNELL, adapted to receive the operating-chain a. of East l'lartforchcounty of Hartford,and State 13 is the drum mounted near the lower end of Connecticut, and CLARENCE L. XVOOD- of the inside of the post A, the chain a being 5 WARD, of Syracuse, in the county of Ononsecured thereto and means being provided daga, in the State of NewY0rk,have invented for rotating said drum for the purpose of new and useful Improvements in Railroadwinding and unwinding the said chain. The Gates, of which the following, taken in conchain a, between the drum and the antinection with the accompanying drawings, is frictional pulley a, has attached thereto an 1'0 a full, clear, and exact description. additional chain a, which is adapted to pass This invention relates to the construction over the pulley, as shown in the drawings. of railroad-crossing gates, in which it is de- The chain a passes over the pulley a and sired to have a pair of arms upon each side thence extends outwardly and is secured to of the track to close the foot-passage across the end I) of the arm C, which is pivoted or 15 the railroad as well as the carriage-crossing. hinged and adapted to move vertically upon Our object is to produce such a gate, the the post A. arms of which we may be able to operate by Upon theinner face of the postAis mounted the rotation of a drum so adapted and ara walking-beam D, having links 0 and 0 seranged that the eight arms will all act simulcured at its outer ends, the link 0 being se- 2o taneonsly; and to that end our invention concured at its lower end to the inner end of the sists in the several new and novel features of arm E, which is pivoted to the post A and construction and operation hereinafter deadapted to swing vertically, while the end of scribed, and which are specifically set forth the link 0 is secured to the arm 0 for the in the claims hereunto annexed. It is conpurpose of making an operating connection 25 structed as follows, reference being had to between the arm C, which closes the carthe accompanying drawings, in whichflags-passage, while E closes the foot-passage Figure l is a side view of the posts of the across the railroad. gate upon one side of the crossing, showing It will be observed that when the drum B the arms and chains at the top broken away. is rotated, as by a handle or gear meshing 3o liig. 2 is a view of the post upon which the with the gear upon the drum, as shown in operatingdrum is mounted, looking at it the drawings, the chain a, will be wound on from the inside. Fig. 3 is a view of a section the drum B, and as this chain is drawn down of the inside of saidpost, showing an enlarged the outer end of the arm C is raised, thus detailof thewalking-beam,which is connected throwing the inner end of the arm C down 8 5 35 at one end to the arm which crosses the footacross the carriage-passage of the railroad.

path and the other end connected to the arm As the arm Cis depressed the link 0 draws which crosses the road-passage, so as to adapt one end of the walking-beam 1) down and the respective arms to act simultaneously. throws the opposite end upward, and inas- Simila-r letters of reference indicate corremuch as the link 0 is connected to the inner o 40 sponding parts. end of the arm IE, it forces the outer end of A and A are posts, constructed of iron or said arm down and across the foot-passage, other material desired, upon each side of the so that by one operation or by winding the railroad and between the carriage and foot chain a upon the drum B we simultaneously passage. Inasmuch as there are four posts, throw the arms C and E downward across 5 5 two upon each side similarly located, it will the carriage and foot passages, respectively. not be necessary to describe the correspond- Inasmuch as each of the other three posts ing ones, as they are in all. respects substanis similarly constructed and arranged, and tially similar to the ones hereinafter to be de the arms for closing the passages are simiscribed. larly connected together, it will be unnecesroe 5c The post A is provided at its upper end sary to describe them further than to note with an antifrictional wheel or pulley a,havthat the chain a", as it approaches the post upon the same side, is joined to a chain a, which extends down and connects with the outer end of the arm 0, as heretofore described, while the main chain a, after pass- I ing around the pulley a upon the upper end of the post A, passes directly across the track A and is connected to the arms of the opposite set of gates.

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A gate for a railroad-crossing, comprislng posts having pulleys near their tops, a. drum mounted on one of them and means for rotating it, pairs of oppositely-extending arms pivoted to each of said posts, a chain or flexible connection having several chains connecting thereto, one end of the main chain being secured to the drum and adapted to be wound upon it, the opposite ends of the chains passing over pulleys and secured to the ends the arms over or around the upper portion or the post and a walking-beam pivoted to said post having its ends connected to the arms for the purpose of operating said arms simultaneously.

3. A gate for a railroad-crossing comprising posts, a drum mounted on one of them and means for rotating it, pairs of arms pivoted to said posts, antifriction-rollers at the upper ends of said posts, a flexible connection between said drum and the end of one of the main arms over said roller, a walkingbeam pivoted to each post and connecting the arms of its pair for the purpose of oper ating them simultaneously, and auxiliary chains connecting the aforesaid chain with the remaining posts for the purpose of operating the arms.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands on this th day of June, 1895.

TIMOTHY H. FENNELL. CLARENCE L. WVOODXVARD. Witnesses as to Fennell:

WM. J. LORD, IRVING WIOKHAM. lVitnesses as to WVoodward:

HOWARD P. DENISON, J ESSIE E. MURRAY. 

